Humana Challenge winner Patrick Reed has made it into the world top 50 rankings. The 23-year-old American, who won the R and A Junior Open as a 16-year-old at Heswall GC, Lancashire in 2006, has surged from No 69 to No 41 with his second win in his last nine starts.
Runner-up Ryan Palmer has gone up from No. 122 to No. 71.
In Abu Dhabi, Pablo Larrazabal's surprise victory has seen him jump up 50 places - from No 103 to No 53.
Phil Mickelson leapfrogged over Justin Rose back into No 4 in the world.
McIlroy, however, was unable to make a dent in the rankings because Zach Johnson closed with 62 and finished T-3 at the Humana.
The rest of the top 10:
1 Tiger Woods
2 Adam Scott
3 Henrik Stenson
4 Phil Mickelson
Runner-up Ryan Palmer has gone up from No. 122 to No. 71.
In Abu Dhabi, Pablo Larrazabal's surprise victory has seen him jump up 50 places - from No 103 to No 53.
Phil Mickelson leapfrogged over Justin Rose back into No 4 in the world.
McIlroy, however, was unable to make a dent in the rankings because Zach Johnson closed with 62 and finished T-3 at the Humana.
The rest of the top 10:
1 Tiger Woods
2 Adam Scott
3 Henrik Stenson
4 Phil Mickelson
5 Justin Rose
6 Zach Johnson
7 Rory McIlroy
8 Matt Kuchar
9 Steve Stricker
10 Jason Day (up from No 11).
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